Over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women and children lost their lives in our war to depose Saddam Hussein. That’s 100,000 innocent men, women and children who all had names, families, dreams, aspirations for the future and who aren’t coming back. To put that number in perspective, 100,000 is almost thirty-four times the number of innocent lives lost at the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
When you consider the anguish, pain and suffering people in this country experienced in the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy one can hardly imagine the pain being endured by bereaved family members of innocent victims all across Iraq, multiplied times thirty-four, yet scarce attention has been paid to their individual losses.
I recognize the American party line is now that all Iraqis should be thankful we liberated them from a brutal dictator, but the truth of the matter is we didn’t invade their country or cause the deaths of 100,000 innocent civilians in the name of liberation, we took those 100,000 innocent lives in the name of protecting ourselves. Whether Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat or not, one thing is perfectly clear: 100,000 innocent men, women and children had their lives snuffed out so we could feel safer. We should all have a hard time sleeping because of it.
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